Author: Todd Lohr, Tracy Gusher; Publisher: KPMG International; Publication Year: 2019. The following report contains policies and actions that can be implemented to operate an ethical artificial intelligence (AI). The 5 pillars are: 1). Prepare employees now, 2). Develop strong oversight and governance, 3). Align cybersecurity and ethical AI, 4). Mitigate bias, and 5). Increase transparency…
Author: Steven Tiell; Publisher: Accenture; Publication Year: 2021. The following article talks about how In 2021, data ethics will be the tool financial services firms choose to manage digital risks in automation and cybersecurity. Practicing data ethics helps organizations to identify these risks early in the development of new products and services, and to intervene with tools, assessments, and governance processes…
Author: Shannon Bond, Raquel Maria Dillon; Publisher: National Public Radio; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses a recent Senate hearing in which Peiter Zatko, former head of security at Twitter, testified before Congress, bringing up Twitter’s cybersecurity failures and lack of ethical leadership. Zatko accused Twitter of “practicing lax security, neglecting user privacy, [and being] plagued by widespread security issues.” The…
Author: Russell Fulmer, Tonya Davis, Cori Costello, Angela Joerin; Publisher: Wiley Online Library; Publication Year: 2021. In the following article, Russell Fulmer, Tonya Davis, Cori Costello, and Angela Joerin, researchers at Northwestern University, discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) has been impacting clinical psychology practices. They cover 6 main issues when it comes to psychological AI: 1). Boundaries of Competence: People are now trying to use AI systems…
Author: Rowena Rodrigues; Publisher: Journal of Responsible Technology; Publication Year: 2020. The following article looks at how ethical issues such as algorithmic transparency, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, unfairness, bias and discrimination, lack of contestability, legal personhood issues, intellectual property issues, adverse effects on workers, privacy and data protection issues may result in serious liability for damage and lack of accountability as…
Author: Kayla Matthews; Publisher: Cybernews; Publication Year: 2021. The following articles describes how we live in a world where we are consistently online and using apps, and these companies have access to some of our personal information. In 2020, there was a rise in the use of online meeting platforms, such as Zoom. It was found that Zoom was able to match the user information to individuals’ LinkedIn…
Author: Kathryn R.L. Rand, Steven Andrew Light; Publisher: American Bar Association; Publication Year: 2021. The following article describes how with the rise of legalized sports gambling, the authors point out the rise of data ownership, privacy, collection, and security practices that must accompany this. In legal states, sports gambling takes place almost exclusively via online platforms rather than at casino desks or windows, leaving the door open for…
Author: N/A; Publisher: Eticas Foundation; Publication Year: 2018. The following infographic provides 9 main checklist items to go over when considering data ethics for a project. These include: 1). Team roles identified; 2). Project fully planned out; 3). Project approved; 4). Subjects gave consent; 5). Data provenance has been documented; 6). Privacy is prioritized; 7). Careful with third party sharing; 8). Scrutinized…
Author: AFP; Publisher: The Economic Times; Publication Year: 2021. The following article details how on November 3, 2021, a hacker snatched approximately 5 million email addresses and 2 million users’ names with a technique called “social engineering” from Robinhood. Luckily, no Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, or debit card numbers were exposed.